Audio Cassette - Revision history

Cogburnd02 at 19:36, 26 June 2022

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Dan Tobias at 15:20, 10 December 2019

2019-12-10T15:20:58Z

Dan Tobias at 15:18, 10 December 2019

2019-12-10T15:18:00Z

Dan Tobias at 14:14, 8 September 2019

2019-09-08T14:14:17Z

Dan Tobias: /* Data formats */

2019-08-24T23:06:01Z

‎Data formats

Dan Tobias: /* Links and resources */

2017-01-27T12:24:31Z

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Jsummers: /* Links and resources */

2016-09-12T13:45:54Z

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Jsummers at 13:45, 12 September 2016

2016-09-12T13:45:23Z

Dan Tobias: /* Links and resources */

2016-06-27T13:19:51Z

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Dan Tobias: /* Links and resources */

2015-09-03T04:51:43Z

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 * [[Video Genie data cassette]]
 * [[ZX Spectrum BLK format data cassette]]
 ==Sticky-shed syndrome==

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 |caption=Some audio cassettes
 }}
-An '''audio cassette''', AKA "Compact Cassette", was a popular medium for sound recording from the mid-1960s through the 1990s, introduced by Philips as one of the formats for compact audio tapes, in competition with the [[DC International Cassette]] and the rather obscure [[Sears Tape Cartridge]]. Originally designed for such uses as office dictation (replacing earlier technologies such as the [[Dictabelt]]), it eventually achieved greater sound quality to permit it to be used for music, both for home recording, where it replaced [[Open Reel Audiotape|reel-to-reel tape decks]], and for sales of prerecorded music, where it was used alongside [[8-Track]] tapes and [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], and later [[CD]]s. Like all physical media, it has declined in use in recent years in favor of digital data.
+An '''audio cassette''', AKA "Compact Cassette", was a popular medium for sound recording from the mid-1960s through the 1990s, introduced by Philips as one of the formats for compact audio tapes, in competition with the [[DC International Cassette]] and the rather obscure [[Sanyo Tape Cartridge]] (also marketed as the Sears Tape Cartridge). Originally designed for such uses as office dictation (replacing earlier technologies such as the [[Dictabelt]]), it eventually achieved greater sound quality to permit it to be used for music, both for home recording, where it replaced [[Open Reel Audiotape|reel-to-reel tape decks]], and for sales of prerecorded music, where it was used alongside [[8-Track]] tapes and [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], and later [[CD]]s. Like all physical media, it has declined in use in recent years in favor of digital data.
 In early home and hobby computers of the 1970s and 1980s, audio cassettes were often used as a data storage medium, until disk drives became sufficiently available and affordable to become the dominant means of storage.

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 |caption=Some audio cassettes
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-An '''audio cassette''', AKA "Compact Cassette", was a popular medium for sound recording from the mid-1960s through the 1990s. Originally designed for such uses as office dictation (replacing earlier technologies such as the [[Dictabelt]]), it eventually achieved greater sound quality to permit it to be used for music, both for home recording, where it replaced [[Open Reel Audiotape|reel-to-reel tape decks]], and for sales of prerecorded music, where it was used alongside [[8-Track]] tapes and [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], and later [[CD]]s. Like all physical media, it has declined in use in recent years in favor of digital data.
+An '''audio cassette''', AKA "Compact Cassette", was a popular medium for sound recording from the mid-1960s through the 1990s, introduced by Philips as one of the formats for compact audio tapes, in competition with the [[DC International Cassette]] and the rather obscure [[Sears Tape Cartridge]]. Originally designed for such uses as office dictation (replacing earlier technologies such as the [[Dictabelt]]), it eventually achieved greater sound quality to permit it to be used for music, both for home recording, where it replaced [[Open Reel Audiotape|reel-to-reel tape decks]], and for sales of prerecorded music, where it was used alongside [[8-Track]] tapes and [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], and later [[CD]]s. Like all physical media, it has declined in use in recent years in favor of digital data.
 In early home and hobby computers of the 1970s and 1980s, audio cassettes were often used as a data storage medium, until disk drives became sufficiently available and affordable to become the dominant means of storage.

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 * [[Atari data cassette]]
 * [[CCE MC-1000 data cassette]]
-* [[Coleco Adam Digital Data Pack]] (DDP; note: required special high-density preformatted cassette, but physical shape was the same)
+* [[Coleco ADAM Digital Data Pack]] (DDP; note: required special high-density preformatted cassette, but physical shape was the same)
 * [[Colour Genie data cassette]]
 * [[Commodore data cassette]]

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 * [[Commodore data cassette]]
 * [[CUTS data cassette]] (used on various 1970s-era systems)
 * [[IBM PC data cassette]]
 * [[Kansas City Standard data cassette]] (used on SOL-20, Exidy Sorcerer, and others)

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 * [http://www.c-90.org/catalogue/tapes Project C-90: An Ultimate Audiotape Guide]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SM9lG47Ew The 8-Bit Guy: How old school cassette tape drives worked] (video)
 [[Category:Audio and Music]]
 [[category:Consumer]]

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 In early home and hobby computers of the 1970s and 1980s, audio cassettes were often used as a data storage medium, until disk drives became sufficiently available and affordable to become the dominant means of storage.
-=Types=
+==Types==
 * [[Type I audio cassette]]
 * [[Type II audio cassette]]
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 * [[Microcassette]]
-=Audio quality=
+==Audio quality==
 * [[Cassette bias and equalization]]
 * [[Dolby noise reduction]]
 * [[Head alignment (azimuth)]]
-=Data formats=
+==Data formats==
 A number of early personal computers used audio cassettes to store programs and data. See also [[Magnetic tape data storage]]. There was even some use of [http://blog.modernmechanix.com/the-floppy-rom-software-distributed-on-records/ vinyl records] as a means of storing data in similar format to cassettes.
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 * [[ZX Spectrum BLK format data cassette]]
-=Sticky-shed syndrome=
+==Sticky-shed syndrome==
 Sticky-shed syndrome is a condition created by the deterioration of the binders in a magnetic tape, which hold the iron oxide magnetizable coating to its plastic carrier.
-=Links and resources=
+==Links and resources==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette Compact Cassette (Wikipedia)]
+* [[Wikipedia:Compact Cassette|Compact Cassette (Wikipedia)]]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky-shed_syndrome Sticky-shed syndrome]
+* [[Wikipedia:Sticky-shed syndrome|Sticky-shed syndrome]]
 * [http://boingboing.net/2012/12/07/sony-ceases-production-on-cass.html Sony ceases production on cassette player/recorders]
 * [https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1551414?start=0&tstart=0 Discussion on digitizing audio cassettes with a Macintosh]

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 * [http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/21/7026095/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mixtape-will-be-released-on-cassette-tape The awesome 'Guardians of the Galaxy' mixtape will be released on cassette]
 * [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-09-01/the-last-audio-cassette-factory The last audio cassette factory (video)]
 [[Category:Audio and Music]]
 [[category:Consumer]]